Finallygot my climate control lights blue, thank god to everyone Options

[sapperk]

i just wanna thank everybody who has posted about the climate control lights.. THANK YOU........I finally got them all blue and they look great!!!!!!!!!!

Im gonna post a How-To this weekend,,,,,,if someone would tell me hoe to post pics from image station....

[macavely]

nice...can't wait to see those pics...

[celicarocker]

[Doge]

yeah man definately post a how too...that pic in your profile is blurry but it looks awsome from what i can see

[subsolo_21]

I was gonna replace my bulbs w/ blue but I kind find the right bulbs. Where'd u get them. It should stand out a lot on mine since my whole climate control unit is clear now. Urs looks great btw.

[94silverst]

YA POST A HOW TO!!!! This is a great mod that looks like it makes a huge difference!!! One question....What about the clock?? Can we get that blue?? I want to do this ASAP!! Nice work sapperk!

[shid]

No silver, your best bet is to find another cars clock thats already blue. Me, I'm replacing the clock with an outside thermostat- I want it to be red, so I'll probably order an OEM one for a car with a red trim light inside anyway.

[sapperk]

Hey its here, The HOW-TO is posted.......Im doing the clock as we speak...the final pics will be up tonight when it gets dark, but they are bright, u can see them during the day too....

[DmVinny]

How-To is up where? or does coomer have to approve it first?

[sapperk]

probably still getting approved

[JKceli]

Defgeph did his clock a long time ago using the clear blue plastic tabs that come inside binders on the dividers. I haven't given it a try just yet, but it seems simple enough. I'll give it a shot tomorrow and let you know

[celicaman96]

Hey sapperk, check yo PM's suun.

PS. Thats cool youv'e done the blue interior, I'm anxious to see pics and the how to as well...

[sapperk]

got my clock done today to .. pics are in my profile.................

[LatinKraze]

Aww dude, post pics in your profile first then tell us on the forum.

This post has been edited by LatinKraze: Mar 26, 2004 - 8:38 PM

[Andason]

thats hot

[LatinKraze]

Thats f'in sweet dude. I guess i'll give it a try.

[Doge]

OH MY GOD! Thats the sweetest interior i have ever seen...i am officially not resting untill all my lights are blue like that. How did you get your Ignition ring blue?

[sapperk]

the ignition ring is easy, its just a small bulb in there, i replaced mine with a standard ultrabright 194LED. u can see it clearly blue even during the day..

[WannabeGT4]

Wow. I really need to find time to do this to my car. I've been wanting to do it since I changed my guage cluster lights. I already have the LEDs I just have to find time to do it.

P.S. Do you have Parkinson's? Because those are some crappy pictures. Try sitting in the back seat and resting your arms on the front seats to steady your hand.

[DmVinny]

And the How-To is.......................................... where?

[PhillyGuy086]

in the mean time while coomer is approving it why dont u just post it on here!!!! j/p but see if you can add how to do the clock on there also. great work!

[sapperk]

ill take clearer pics tonight..........i dont know why it is taking the HowTo so long to post, its still being approved... but you can look at the pics on my profile for now. The clock was simple, i didnt change the bulb, i just took out the yellow plastic piece and put in a blue plastic piece. the paper from a blu binder or something will work to.

[Clipsetuner]

Looking Good, Soon you'll have everything blue........
DTE

[Coomer]

I'll go over the how-to later tonight. I've gotta finish up my sanding on my latest project for the Celica, then work on a client project and then head out to meet some friends. Once I'm back, I'll go over it.

[DmVinny]

Did the 95 ST come with a light ring around the ignition, either my light is dead or it didnt... anyone?

[PhillyGuy086]

i just looked at mine last night and it had a place where one could go but no plug wire leading to it or the light itself. just the where the light is supposed to attach!!!

[Jeremy1210]

My 94 ST is the same. I think only GTs had them...would be nice to have on the dark nights

[DmVinny]

I cant see how the blue binder tabs would work, its not long enough in width...

[DmVinny]

COOMER approve the how-to =P

[mikew04]

Maybe not the blue binder tabs, but the full page dividers can be cut to size and hot glued in.

[kuya1284]

[macavely]

[BenMMellor]

neither of mine have a light around the igntion key barrel.

[Defgeph]

to make ur clock a different color you have to pull it apart and use a colored film to cover it (the inside)..... its very easy the hardest part is buying the film everything else is right there

if you use subject tabs cut them in half at the sticky part. unfold them and tape them on. i used two or three to cover the whole clock and get my desired color


defgeph

[DmVinny]

Since the how-to wont be around anytime soon, I decided to start my own.. heres some pics...













Last 3 pics starting with the 1st the circles display locations of each LED there is also one seperate in the defroster (seperate piece)

Second picture is the backside showing locations to remove the plastic covers.

and last picture shows the first soldered LED

i will have complete pics when I finish...

[Coomer]

About the how-to article, the photos simply were sooooo blurry that I couldn't even tell what was what, so I emailed sapperk and I'm waiting on a response, hopefully with better pictures.

[shid]

Coomer, can you post a text only how to for now? no? too confusing?

[Akimbo]

defgeph can you make a how to how to change the clock with pics and better instructions?

[sapperk]

Sorry guys ive been busy doing army stuff, well im deploying tommorrow morning so i wont be around.. DMVINNY, your pics you posted are much better then mine.. Why dont you do the How to.. All i have to add is that i got my 5mm LEDs from OZINUM.com...5mm LEDS with resistors like 1.00 each....

[94silverst]

[94silverst]

Here are two sites that should do the trick!
____
xoxide_____

ledsupply

[sapperk]

NeonLEDs

This is the site that i got them from 5mm they r like 40 cents each..

[brianforster]

damn sucks you wont even be able to enjoy all of your new blue dash

[Defgeph]

[DaMnItLeWiS]

how many of the LED's did you have to by to do your whole climate control? I saw the pics, they look good but are they bright enough?

[DmVinny]

They are bright enough... in total there where 8 LEDs soldered to the board, 3 lamps that twisted off, and one which was seperate inside the defroster.

I might add two more LEDs on the board to make it even brighter.

[DmVinny]

The picture doesnt do it justice but heres a 80% completed test pic....



Just to give u an idea of why this pic doesnt do justice just look at the Headunit, believe me when i tell you in real life look those rings around the knobs are bright.


This post has been edited by DmVinny: Mar 31, 2004 - 7:04 PM

[Anub1s]

Dude that is so bad azz. I really want to get a full on write-up on how you did that. The pictures are nice but I would like some total info on all that was involved. You rule dude and that is exactly what my next project is going to be.

[WannabeGT4]

Adjust your shutter speed on the camera to stay open longer. That'll help with the low light situation. I think the landscape setting has a pretty long exposure time.

[celicarocker]

[DmVinny]

I took a bit of time and wrote a quick how-to... check it out here;

http://home.comcast.net/~dmvinny/

[Defgeph]

you need to have at least 4 main leds to get the climate control really brite.
otherwise the lighting is all scattered

defgeph

[DmVinny]

[Defgeph]

gotta wipe the dust off of these pics





thats my old climate control and clock. I havent started my other climate control or clock. but I did go to toyota today and I bought the ignition light assembly

hey dmvinny how did you wire your led's ?

defgeph

[DmVinny]

The normal LEDs on the board where just wired straight to the circuit board. The 3 Lamps (backlight) I used the ground off the circuit board, and ran a seperate wire off the resistors into 1 main wire which is hooked up to the interior lights from the cigarette lighter...

defgeph how much was the ignition light assembly...

This post has been edited by DmVinny: Apr 1, 2004 - 5:09 AM

[Defgeph]

[DmVinny]

Yea its easier to run it externally especially when the resistors are on..

One idea for the light ring is dome supervision...if your not familiar with it it is used in alarms and newer cars when you open the door handle of your car the dome light stays on for XX amount of seconds.

So what i am suggesting is a few relays with a delay, once you open the door to your car of course your dome light turns on, so you splice into your dome light wire, and than hook up a few relays to give you a surge delay.

[Defgeph]

thats good idea ........... to bad the parts are on back order. The parts guy at toyota says they'll be in next week. hopefully!

I hate back order

defgeph

[Rjb23]

So where do the resistors go? Can someone post a pic of the resistors and where they go.

[DmVinny]

[Rjb23]

Ahh ok, I was thinking each led needed a resistor. You said that the 5mm led's are more work than the 3 mm why is that? They won't fit?

[DmVinny]

They will fit on the circuit board of course, but they will not fit when you try and put the plastic pieces back in (these are used so the light centers into each button rather than all over the place).

As you seen by the pics the LEDs they used where flat, so 3mm makes it just fine but 5mm is a whole nother story unless u bore out the plastic.